The Metro Council on Tuesday approved a settlement with Juana Villegas, who was shackled by the Davidson County Sheriff's Office while in labor.

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Joey Garrison
| The Tennessean

Ending a legal battle that gained national attention, Metro has approved a $490,000 settlement with Juana Villegas, the undocumented immigrant mother who was shackled to a hospital bed during labor after being arrested during a routine traffic stop in Berry Hill five years ago.

The Metro Council voted unanimously Tuesday to settle the five-year suit, putting a closure on a case that put a spotlight on Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall's implementation of the federal 287 (g) deportation law, which is no longer enforced here.